Ellen Bernstein is a leader of Pastors for Peace, which has been fighting the U.S. government’s policies toward Cuba since 1992. She said: We’re challenged the economic blockade, which we think for 50 years has been absolutely, unnecessarily, immorally, illegally, mean-spiritedly, pettily, foolishly, stupidly, counterproductively hurting the Cuban people. Economic sanctions against Cuba should have [...]
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Interview with Enrique Ubieta
Enrique Ubieta Gómez is a Cuban essayist, journalist and blogger. According to his biography, he is the author of a number of books, including “Ensayos de identidad” (1993), “De la historia, los mitos y los hombres” (1999), “La utopía rearmada” (2002) and “Venezuela rebelde” (2006). He founded and directed the magazine Contracorriente from 1995 to [...]
Interview with Reinaldo Escobar
Reinaldo Escobar met Yoani Sánchez when she was just 18. She came to his house and wanted to borrow a book. Escobar said he quickly realized Sánchez was “an extraordinary person…someone for whom it was worth risking everything.” Nearly two decades later, Escobar, now 64, said he never expected they’d be caught up in a [...]
Interview with Agustín López
Agustín Valentín López says he almost cried when he started blogging for the first time because it was such a moving experience. He barely knew how to operate a mobile phone and suddenly he was immersed in the blogosphere, writing essays for the world to see. He said: I started to live again. I was [...]
November roundup
The fight over U.S. policy toward Cuba intensified in November. Hardline U.S. lawmakers demanded that the Obama administration take stronger and more effective action to speed the transition to democracy in Cuba. Their critics called for an end to U.S. Agency for International Development programs that are carried out on the island in violation of [...]
Cuban activist: “People want another reality”
The United States will have an “immense” role in Cuba’s future, but Cubans must lead the country’s transformation, said Antonio Rodiles, director of Estado de SATS, a civil society project based in Havana. The U.S. government should promote dialogue among Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits and try to improve Cuban activists’ ability [...]